Listen to our Saints Songs playlist on Spotify On the projector screen behind me, Peyton Manning’s mouth twists in puzzled defeat. To my right, DJ Justin Thomas begins to scream. Around us, a roomful of our fellow citizens follows suit, wildly embracing each other, weeping, throwing their hands in the air. My finger rests on [...]
Tag Archives: Who Dat
YouTube du Jour: Black and Gold Mafia Family
September 20, 2010 – 11:38 am
Now that Saints football is back we’re looking forward to more Black and Gold-related songs via YouTube. Nader Mirfiq and Dubb of the Hut Recording Studio are some of the first out of the block this season, with their Saints version of the Rick Ross song “B.M.F.” Ross is scheduled to perform at Mardi Gras [...]
Who Owns Who Dat?
September 17, 2010 – 3:53 pm
In today’s Times-Picayune, Frank Donze reports on the efforts by Who Dat, Inc. to control the marketing of the phrase it claims it owns. Donze writes: In the latest correspondence, the Davis, Cedillo & Mendoza law firm instructs store owners to contact Steve Monistere, one of the firm’s principals, “if you wish to discuss a [...]
YouTube du Jour: New Orleans Saints in the House Tonight
September 9, 2010 – 8:28 am
We gonna start this thing off right / We got NEW ORLEANS in the house tonight!
The Saints: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner of Champions
September 1, 2010 – 12:15 am
To paraphrase Dave Barry, the stomach is the most important organ in the human body. The heart is fine and dandy, but it is not nearly as satisfied by a slice of pizza. Without a stomach, armies would not be able to march and the heart of a man would be unreachable. Dean Pigeon (pronounced [...]
Concert Review: Imagination Movers
June 7, 2010 – 3:47 pm
When things went awry Sunday, the Imagination Movers were put to the test. The free show at the UNO Lakefront Arena was taped for a future Disney Channel special, but technical glitches forced the kids music band to work to keep their audience engaged. The show was opened by special guest Joey Giordana, who played [...]
March 2010 Letters
March 1, 2010 – 12:01 am
MAKING A DIFFERENCE My wife and I would like to thank y’all for an absolutely amazing time at the Best of the Beat Awards. Took us a few years to make it and man what a year to finally do so. We both are quite proud to count ourselves as members of the Threadheads and [...]
Live Review: Better Than Ezra at the House of Blues
February 18, 2010 – 9:15 am
It’s almost a week after the 44th annual Super Bowl and the Saints have won. The crowd stands anxiously in a dark room chanting “Who Dat?” Shadows move across the stage and a spotlight focuses on a man dressed in an elaborate mask and boa while sitting at a drum set. In three, two, one he starts a beat, [...]
Slideshow: “Lombardi Gras” New Orleans Saints Super Bowl Parade
February 10, 2010 – 3:28 pm
Yesterday, downtown New Orleans hosted the Super Bowl victory parade for the New Orleans Saints, and it will almost certainly go down as the largest Super Bowl parade ever, and possibly the largest parade New Orleans has ever seen. Alex Rawls has some notes on the parade here, and below are photos taken by Kim [...]
